Tag: Vaccinations

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘Covid-19 passport’ trials: Singapore Airlines to test digital health ID for flights to London

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Singapore Airlines has announced that its flights to London will begin using a mobile app that verifies passengers’ Covid-19 status, as part of a pilot program for a health passport that could be adopted around the world. … Read More >‘Covid-19 passport’ trials: Singapore Airlines to test digital health ID for flights to London

Categories EU

Italy latest EU govt to approve AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine for over-65s as efficacy fears subside

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The Italian government has approved the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people aged over 65, the health ministry has said, a month after Italy and other EU states barred the elderly from getting the jab amid efficacy fears. … Read More >Italy latest EU govt to approve AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine for over-65s as efficacy fears subside

Categories Asia & Pacific

Duterte can choose which Covid-19 vaccine he gets because ‘he’s the president’ and he’s old, says Philippines govt spokesman

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Manila has said the country’s leader can chose which jab he wants because “he’s the president,” dismissing the guidance of the nation’s vaccine Tsar who urged Filipinos not to wait and get the first shot they’re offered. … Read More >Duterte can choose which Covid-19 vaccine he gets because ‘he’s the president’ and he’s old, says Philippines govt spokesman

Categories EU

Brussels says EU-wide Covid-19 vaccine strategy ‘not unravelling’ despite nations turning away from joint program

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The European Union has denied reports that its bloc-wide vaccination program against Covid-19 is falling apart, adding that the European Medicines Agency ensures the efficacy and safety of the inoculation strategy. … Read More >Brussels says EU-wide Covid-19 vaccine strategy ‘not unravelling’ despite nations turning away from joint program

Categories Middle East

No jab, no Hajj: Saudi says all Muslims will need to have Covid vaccine before they can perform annual pilgrimage to Mecca

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Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have said that any Muslim wanting to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca will first need to be provide proof that they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19. … Read More >No jab, no Hajj: Saudi says all Muslims will need to have Covid vaccine before they can perform annual pilgrimage to Mecca

Categories Asia & Pacific

Indian PM Modi receives domestic coronavirus vaccine as country expands inoculation program to seniors

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Indian PM Narendra Modi has received his first shot of the country’s domestically produced Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, kicking off the second stage of the nation’s massive inoculation drive, which is now focused on the elderly. … Read More >Indian PM Modi receives domestic coronavirus vaccine as country expands inoculation program to seniors

Categories Middle East

World Bank’s emergency cash for Lebanon may stop amid reports MPs queue-jumping for Covid vaccine, regional chief warns

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Millions of dollars in World Bank funding for Lebanon’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout could be halted due to alleged queue-jumping for the jab by the country’s MPs, the financial institution’s regional director said on Tuesday. … Read More >World Bank’s emergency cash for Lebanon may stop amid reports MPs queue-jumping for Covid vaccine, regional chief warns

Categories Latin America

Mexican Embassy in Moscow Says Diplomats Began Receiving Shots of Sputnik V Vaccine

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Several Moscow-stationed Mexican diplomats have already been injected with the first dose of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine after receiving an offer from the Russian Foreign Ministry to join the local immunisation campaign, Fernando Escudero, the spokesman for Mexico’s embassy, told Sputnik on Friday. … Read More >Mexican Embassy in Moscow Says Diplomats Began Receiving Shots of Sputnik V Vaccine